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Shakedown Reviews

4.3 Rating 3 Reviews
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Whatever you do ... don't call the cops.
A burned-out legal aid attorney (Peter Weller, RoboCop) reluctantly teams up with a renegade police detective (Sam Elliott, Tombstone) to find the truth behind the fatal shooting of an undercover cop by a notorious drug dealer.
Targeted by a syndicate of corrupt cops and drug lords, the duo blast their way through the underbelly of New York in their unrelenting search for the shocking truth behind the crime. Filmed on the streets of Manhattan, Shakedown features some of the most incredible stunt work and chase sequences ever shot, including a death-defying fight scene atop Coney Island's Cyclone roller coaster. Delivering non-stop thrills from start to finish, Shakedown is one the most entertaining high-speed cop films ever made and among the best from action genre vet James Glickenhaus (The Soldier, The Exterminator).

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One of the best 80s action films around. Bluray is stellar with pristine PQ/AQ, glad this is now in my on-going collection of the Shout Select line.
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Posted 6 years ago
As a long-time admirer of Sam Elliott's inimitable screen presence I was delighted to discover that Shout! was releasing Shakedown - an action film that I had never seen before. The film is a time-capsule of 1980s NYC and is filled with well-executed practical stuntwork. It also contains a typically solid performance from Elliott (in a rare, big screen co-leading role), and an appealingly odd performance from Peter Weller as a jazzy hepcat attorney. The film's romantic subplot is unneeded and a drag, and the dialogue is more often workmanlike than inspired, but Shakedown is a surprise joy as a fun and enjoyable film for fans of practical action and the lost, gritty milieu of NYC in the 80s.
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Posted 6 years ago
You want some great 80s action cheese? Well, look no further. Sam Elliott and Peter Weller are great together in this awesome action flashback from the 80s!
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Posted 6 years ago